Sunday, June 12, 2005
The Southern Company and Georgia Tech are collaborating on an offshore wind project near Savannah. Read more.
Wind farms are more common in Europe, and they are still controversial there. Read more. In the U.S. wind farms are also controversial. See, for example, a proposal to establish a wind farm near Roanoke. Read more.
The difficulty of siting wind power onshore has led to offshore siting proposals. Perhaps the most noteworthy offshore project in the U.S. has been planned off the coast of Cape Cod. Read more.
Nevertheless, places like West Texas are embracing wind power as a potential economic generator. Learn more. And folks in rural Washington seem to have figured out how to deal with wind power. Read more.
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The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it.
One other point: the prevaling approach (paradigm, if you like) in economic development is shifting from competition to collaboration. There are a lot of reaasons underlying this shift, but here's the important insight: You, your community, and your region will do better by collaborating and sharing information.
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Speaking and workshops on Open Source Economic Development
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Background on Ed Morrison
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Wind project off the coast of Savannah
